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-S vg_name=${something},...
-S vg_name=${something},...
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==Free Space in the Volume Group==
The amount of free space in bytes on a volume group:
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vgs --noheadings --nosuffix --units b -o vg_free  docker_vg
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Revision as of 04:23, 23 May 2017

Internal

Overview

Command that provides information information about volume groups.

# vgs
  VG        #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree
  docker_vg   1   0   0 wz--n- 508.00m 508.00m
  main_vg     1   1   0 wz--n-   7.00g      0

Options

--noheadings

Drops headers, useful when the output if mechanically processed.

-o

Options, displays various fields:

-S

Select: Display only rows that match selection criteria. The fields that can be used are listed in the -o section.

-S vg_name=${something},...

Example

Free Space in the Volume Group

The amount of free space in bytes on a volume group:

vgs --noheadings --nosuffix --units b -o vg_free  docker_vg